SLOA208B November   2014  – March 2019 TRF7970A , TRF7970A

 

  1.   NFC card emulation using the TRF7970A
    1.     Trademarks
    2.     Terms, Definitions, and Symbols
    3. Introduction
    4. Card Emulation
      1. 2.1 Anticollision
        1. 2.1.1 Card Emulation Type A
        2. 2.1.2 Card Emulation Type B
      2. 2.2 Data Exchange
    5. Configuration and Commands for Type 4 Tag Platforms
      1. 3.1 Overview of Type 4 Tag Configuration
        1. 3.1.1 Tag
        2. 3.1.2 Applications
        3. 3.1.3 Files
      2. 3.2 Firmware Structure
        1.       Example 1. Type 4 Tag Structures Within Example Firmware
        2. 3.2.1 tType4AppDS
        3. 3.2.2 tType4App
        4. 3.2.3 tType4File
        5. 3.2.4 Example Setup
          1.        Example 2. Example Setup of a Type 4 Tag Structure
      3. 3.3 File Structure
        1. 3.3.1 Capability Container
          1.        Example 3. Format of the Capability Container for a Tag With Two Files
        2. 3.3.2 Text RTD
          1.        Example 4. Example of a Text RTD Within an NDEF File
        3. 3.3.3 URI RTD
          1.        Example 5. Example of a URI RTD Within a Proprietary File
        4. 3.3.4 Smart Poster
        5. 3.3.5 V-Card
        6. 3.3.6 MIME
      4. 3.4 Available Type 4 Tag Commands
        1. 3.4.1 Frame Format
        2. 3.4.2 Select
        3. 3.4.3 Read Binary
        4. 3.4.4 Update Binary
      5. 3.5 Modifying Stored Tag Information
    6. Hardware Description
      1. 4.1 LaunchPad™ Development Kit and BoosterPack™ Plug-in Module Setup
        1. 4.1.1 BoosterPack Plug-in Module: DLP-7970ABP
        2. 4.1.2 LaunchPad Development Kit: MSP-EXP430F5529LP
        3. 4.1.3 LaunchPad Development Kit: MSP-EXP432P401R
      2. 4.2 Bundle Available for Purchase
    7. Card Emulation Firmware Example
      1. 5.1 Card Emulation APIs
      2. 5.2 Implementing a Card Emulation Sample Application
        1. 5.2.1 Low-Level Initialization
          1.        Example 6. MCU and TRF7970A Initialization Code Snippet
        2. 5.2.2 Card Emulation NFC Stack Setup
          1.        Example 7. Card Emulation Initialization Code
        3. 5.2.3 Emulation of Different RTDs
    8. Quick Start Guide
    9. Operational Overview
    10. Card Emulation Interoperability Results
    11. Conclusion
    12. 10 References
  2.   Revision History

Frame Format

This section describes the frame format bytes for the Type 4 tag platform commands that are sent within the data exchange layer. Understanding what each byte represents is important to conceptually understand how a reader/writer communicates with a Type 4 tag platform.

fig14_frame_format_type_4.gifFigure 9. Frame Format For Type 4 Tag Commands in Data Exchange Layer
  1. PCB – Protocol Control Byte, this byte is used to transfer format information about each PDU block. For further details see the ISO 14443-4 specifications.
  2. CLA – Class Byte, this byte indicates the class of the command. For NFC Compliment tag platforms, this value is always set to 0x00. For further details see the ISO 7816-4 specifications.
  3. INS – Instruction Byte, this byte specifies the command being sent.
  4. P1, P2 – Parameter Bytes 1 and 2, these bytes are used to send additional information about the command that is being sent.
  5. Lc – Data Field Length, this byte signifies how many Data Bytes will be sent out by the command.
  6. Data Bytes – This field contains all of the Data Bytes for the command.
  7. Le – Expected Response Length, this byte signifies the maximum number of Data Bytes should be sent back in the response. The tag cannot send back more bytes than Le specifies, but it is permitted to send back less bytes.